Modern Day Feminist Analysis

The most prevalent and popular stereotype of the post World war II era in America is one filled with women abandoning their wartimes jobs and retreating into the home to fulfill their womanly duties. In Joanne Meyerowitz’s Beyond the Feminine Mystique: A reassessment of Postwar Mass Culture, she shows how far women departed from this one dimensional image. While Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique is reflexive and focused on the mainstream, Meyerowitz’s analysis is a broader and more inclusive exploration of media, as she draws upon multiple sources. Although Friedan effectively unveiled the thought process and reasoning behind society's belief that the message of media was to make women think that their place was to be the happy housewife, Meyerowitz expanded her media archives and found a differing message in analyzing both female responses to media and exploring their stories.

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James has been critically acclaimed by numerous authors, philosophers and critics ever since the novel was originally published in 1898. The story of an unsuspecting governess who has been hired by a charming bachelor to take care of his niece and nephew is the perfect stomping ground for critics of all categories, however, the best criticism category I see fit for this suspenseful novel is a feministic one. The governess, whose name we are not told, traveled to a great estate in the countryside to look after two children, Miles and Flora. While there, she had strange encounters with the supernatural spirits of Mr. Quint and Miss Jessel, the previous chauffeur

Feminism is not a new concept. It has been a steadily increasing phenomenon and will continue to grow for many more years. In the article “Introduction” by Barbra Findlen, she speaks about her experience of growing up in a “massive, growing, vibrant feminist movement” (Findlen 15). From a young age many women are able to understand that there is an unfair treatment of women within any typically male dominated environment, regardless of the so-called “equality” the situation presents itself with. Findlen (16) argues that “change is possible, although [there are] struggles and risks in making change”. But why should there be so many struggles for women to receive the equality that we deserve especially when many people today, both women and men alike, consider themselves feminists? Why then do we see so many articles from feminists talking about their “feminist” co-workers for example, treating them differently than their male counterparts? I believe that it is hard for men to fully grasp the concept of feminism because they themselves have never had to experience the injustice that most women today face. I agree with Findlen when she writes:

In “Who Is a Feminist Now?” Marissa Meltzer explores different female celebrities on their views of feminism. Meltzer starts off by asking Charlene Woodley’s , “whether or not she considers herself to be feminist.” To which she responded no , giving the reason that those who are feminist are taking the power away from the man. As the article progresses, Meltzer continues asking other female celebrities’ their opinion regarding whether or not they consider themselves to be feminist. As the article progresses Meltzer expresses her opinion on how different this generation is compared to those prior. Also stating that not all females see themselves as feminist due to the lack of knowledge regarding the topic. Meltzer continues by taking into

Naomi Weisstein and Susan Brownmiller were powerful voices for women during the second wave of feminism in America. Their writings, “Kinder, Kuche, Kirche as Scientific Law: Psychology Constructs the Female” and “Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape”, found in the anthology ‘Feminism in Our Time’, reflected how throughout the 20th century, popular medical and psychological models were centered around men which resulted in women receiving inaccurate and inappropriate treatments. They argued that the oppression of women was perpetuated through false narratives under the guise of science but with no empirical evidence.

Feminism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on and motivated by the experiences of women. While generally providing a critique of social relations, many proponents of feminism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of women's rights, interests, and issues.

I personally cannot for the life of me understand exactly what this whole woman's march was for or what it was supposed to do. Do women in this country really feel that they are oppressed? That they aren't listened to? That they don't have the same rights as men in this country? If you answered yes to any of these questions, let me shed some light on the truth of the matter for you... Last I checked you're allowed to pick what job you want. You are allowed to pick whom you marry. You are allowed to have as many children as you want. You are allowed to chose what religion you believe in. YOU HAVE SO MANY CHOICES!! Women in this country don't know what oppression is. Women in this country don't know what it

While feminists were fighting against sexism in the 19th and 20th centuries, they were also battling other forms of oppression, as the Sojourner Truth and The Combahee River Collective point out in the readings. As early as the mid-1850s, Truth was discussing intersectionality, the crossroads of different forms of oppression. In Truth’s speech, she discussed being both African-American and a woman, a double disadvantage. More than 100 years later, The Combahee River Collective was created for the same reason—their membership in “two oppressed racial and sexual castes” that are “experienced simultaneously” (346, 349). Their membership puts them in a unique position within feminist activism—a position both Truth and Collective called to public

In Feminism is for Everyone, Part 2, Hooks continues to talk about the issues she finds most pertinent in feminism that relate directly to that to what the movement of feminism has become overtime. Hooks talks about how kids should be raised in a household that isn’t inclined to be misogynist. That a household that treats all kids fairly, of both genders, if the one that will be the best in the end. She discusses points of how even in a single parent household, kids that are raised in that environment go on to do great things because just one woman alone is all that’s needed for successful raising of children, rather than the classic concept of the two- parent household, of which she discounts as something that’s not vital to the successful

Modern day feminism is different from early feminism because feminists back then have given women today, many rights such as social equality as well as female role models that many women today look up to (odyessy). While modern day feminism is still struggling with these little problems in today’s society. About 58 percent of carers are female, although women in full time work are still more likely to be carers than men in full time work. Transgendered women remain extremely likely to be discriminated against while lesbian women often tend to experience higher levels of discrimination in the UK than gay men. These factors reveal that the issues with race, disability, sexual orientation and gender are often combined to create a reality of extreme

Feminism. Feminism has different definitions and concepts that varies for people. It has molded and shape our society and behavior towards women in present day. The women from our past that won victories for women to able to have an education, has opened a whole new universe of doors. Without feminism, most women would not have had the luxury of voting for any government officials or running for government positions. In this paper, information about two generations and their understanding of feminism, their challenges, advancements, and opinion in today’s progression of women rights. These two women were born in different generations of advancements and setbacks. This paper will show their views and struggles that they had to endure, also

Gender bias is the gender role that society has developed for males and females (Brym, 2014, p. 77). It is the expectation that society has created for males and females to behave a certain way. For example, women are deemed delicate, and male are deemed masculine. This is a huge problem for society because media has enforced these gender roles for many years, especially in sports. It creates certain bias or stereotypes that a male or female must follow or else they would be deemed different and be socially excluded. Therefore the media is extremely influential to the gender roles each person in society must follow. The feminist theory is the theory that theorists focus on the gender inequality between male and female because of the male dominance

This paper will analyze, the bill dubbed as the “slapping law”, in Russia. Using the perspective of Radical Feminist Thought, I argue that such violence is normalized through the lack of current public resistance to this crime and contends that women themselves begin to see this type of treatment as acceptable. Structurally, this paper will begin by providing a concise summary of the values of Radical feminism to give clarification on the standpoint of this feminist position in analysis of the current event. It will describe the history of criminalizing domestic violence; how liberal and radical feminist views differ in looking at the private/public and how popular understanding of domestic violence has shifted significantly over the years

In society, women were looked upon to be under the patriarchal control of men. People such as Donald Hall, writer of the book on Literary and Cultural Theory, explains his views on how “women have been denied social power and the right to various forms of self-expression (Hall 202).” Writers such as Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (authors of the “Awakening”/”The Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow-Wallpaper” respectively), have taken these patriarchal views and have incorporated them into various stories that portray the oppression that women face in these communities. Ultimately, their sole purpose of expressing such matters are to help identify how the patriarchal control of men evidently impacts how women can express themselves as individuals.

From Feminist activism and scholarship on sexuality, it is trite to point out that the politics of sexuality are intricately embedded in the politics of gender. The categories ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ have become essential components in the contestation of human rights discourses and in which sexual politics is a crucial